Your design as a whole was really rather well done, most of my major complaints were more nitpicks than anything else.
As for engineering, I question the 60* V8 because it’s just not done in 2020. Even then, it put you at a bit of a disadvantage, as 60* V8s are inherently less balanced than a 90* V8 and therefore aren’t as smooth, which affects comfort. But alas, it’s your lore, which outside of a competition I’m in no place to question. As for turbos, yeah, I was maybe a bit too picky in terms of lag upon retrospect. That said, plenty of turbocharged cars moved into the semifinals, and had what I would consider “good for Automation” levels of lag. I do get what you were going for in terms of your turbo tuning, however it just didn’t translate well.